San Francisco to Tax ‘Google Buses’

A symbol of the growing resentment around gentrification and rising rents, the large, luxury buses cruise the sometimes cozy streets of San Francisco’s neighborhoods, picking up and dropping off commuting techies. Many companies in Silicon Valley to the south pay for the bus service, but the derisive nickname “Google buses” has stuck.

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